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~ANCIENT GREEK ARTICTEURE COMPARISON TABLE~


BUILDINGS TO BE COMPARED:
 CARNEGIE LIBRARY
 HEPHAISTEION
LOCATION:
 On the campus of Johnson C. Smith University in West, Charlotte.
 In Greece West of the Agora.
YEAR BUILT:
 1911
 Around 460-450 BCE
TYPE OF COLUMNS:
 Doric
 Doric
MATERIALS USED TO BUILD COLUMNS:
 Concrete, brick,block,sandstone,wood,felt, and roofing tar.
 Marble (Pentelic and Parian)
PURPOSE OF BUILDING:
 After fire destroyed Dr. Matton's Home and books. A new library for students became a priority.
 Dedicated to two gods: Hephaestus and Athena.

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